Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all Ibm Mq versions. Data sourced from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation. Updated at every deploy.
| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.2 | — | Dec 1, 2000 | Dec 31, 2003 | 8165 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.3 | — | Jun 1, 2002 | Sep 28, 2007 | 6798 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.0 | — | May 1, 2005 | Sep 30, 2012 | 4969 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.0 | — | May 1, 2008 | Sep 30, 2015 | 3874 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.1 | — | Nov 1, 2011 | Apr 30, 2017 | 3296 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.5 | — | Jun 15, 2012 | Apr 30, 2018 | 2931 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8.0 | — | Jun 13, 2014 | Apr 30, 2020 | 2200 days past EOL | EOL |
| 9.0 | — | Jun 2, 2016 | Sep 30, 2021 | 1682 days past EOL | EOL |
| 9.1 | — | Jul 23, 2018 | Sep 30, 2023 | 952 days past EOL | EOL |
| 9.2 | — | Jul 23, 2020 | Sep 30, 2025 | 221 days past EOL | EOL |
| 9.3 | — | Jun 23, 2022 | Sep 30, 2027 | 509 days remaining | Active |
| 9.4 | — | Jun 18, 2024 | Already EOL | Supported | Active |
When a Ibm Mq version reaches end of life, the maintainers stop issuing security patches. Vulnerabilities discovered after this date are publicly disclosed on the National Vulnerability Database, exploit code appears on GitHub, and your systems remain permanently exposed.
The CVE blind spot: Most vulnerability scanners check for known CVEs but do not flag the accumulation of unpatched vulnerabilities in EOL software. With a zero-day, nobody knows about the vulnerability. With EOL software, the vulnerability is public — listed, rated, and often weaponized — but no patch will ever exist. This is the most dangerous gap in enterprise security posture.
Organizations running EOL Ibm Mq should treat it as a vulnerability class in their risk register, apply compensating controls (network segmentation, enhanced monitoring, access restriction), and prioritize migration to a supported version.
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